Which system

Fitzcarraldo wrote: My first Prog LP was played on a friend's floor-standing radiogram with a wooden case - the sort of unit that was sold in the 1950s and 1960s.

My first prog audition (ITCOCK) was in a device similary to the one described by Fitzcarraldo, . But i listen to my very first purchase in a stereo system composed  by a Garrard turntable, a Scott amplifier and Siemens speakers. Storia di un minuto, BTW. 

My first Prog LP was played on a friend's floor-standing radiogram with a wooden case - the sort of unit that was sold in the 1950s and 1960s. I can't remember precisely the first Prog album that was played on it, but we used that radiogram to listen for many a happy hour to all the early ELP, YES, TULL, PINK FLOYD, GENESIS etc. albums (not to mention all the early DEEP PURPLE, RORY GALLAGHER, EDGAR WINTER, ALLMAN BROTHERS and a whole host more of non-Prog stuff). I think it was in 1973 that I built my own valve amplifier (and wooden box to put it in) and used it with a *really* cheap and nasty turntable, but it sounded quite good actually (DSOTM sounded fine, at least to my ears!). Happy days.

 

With all this talk about 1st record heard/bought, I was wondering on what set-up people listened to their 1st prog purchase. My 1st prog buy was CTTE on LP(don't think I can include abacab ). All I had to play it on was an aging mono 1 speakered wooden radiogram. Still, the sound was good enough to hook me for life.